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The back-to-back memoirs from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and ex-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will be the latest installments in what has become an often awkward Washington ritual: one-time confidants signing big book contracts to examine a presidency that is still ongoing and policy decisions that are still being implemented.
Clinton and Geithner's books will be released just four months after former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' memoir landed like a sucker punch in the West Wing. Gates gave political advisers in the White House virtually no warning, and no advance copy,of his headline-generating memoir, which included sharp criticisms of Obama's decision-making.
However, Obama aides don't appear to be girding for a repeat of their experience with Gates' book as they await the release of Geithner and Clinton's memoirs.
While Geithner has not provided the White House with advance copies of his book, "Stress Test,'' the text has been reviewed by lawyers at Treasury and the Federal Reserve. And drafts of Clinton's book, "Hard Choices,'' have been circulating for months among a small number of officials in Obama's National Security Council.
Clinton's book will be combed for any sign of discord with Obama, the man who defeated her in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign and whom she could run to replace in 2016.
Clinton has said little about the book, due out June 10, though it is expected to center on the main foreign policy challenges she was involved in during her four-year tenure at the helm of the State Department, including Syria and the start of secret discussions with Iran that led to the current nuclear negotiations.
Discussing the book in March, Clinton said reliving her tumultuous years as secretary of state "has been eye-opening because when you are in the middle of it, you get up every day, you put one foot in front of the other and try to do the best you can.''
Geithner's book comes out Monday and is expected to focus on the decisions the government made in response to the recession that gripped the United States at the start of Obama's presidency. Geithner was at the center of the negotiations over the administration's massive economic stimulus package and controversial Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill.
Clinton, Geithner and Gates occupied the three most powerful positions in Obama's Cabinet through much of his first term, giving their accounts heightened importance in a literary landscape littered with books about the White House.
Gates was sharply critical of Obama's decision-making in his book "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War.'' He was also unsparing in his critique of Joe Biden, accusing the vice president of having "been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.''
Gates' assessment sent the White House into damage control mode for several days, with officials issuing a statement from Obama defending Biden and staging a photo opportunity of the two men having lunch together.
While former officials are not obligated to share their pending books with the White House, they do typically vet sensitive and potentially classified material with administration lawyers. Gates' book was vetted by the Pentagon. And chapters in Clinton's memoir were scoured by national security officials.
While Clinton, Geithner and Gates are hardly the first former officials to publish memoirs, it is unusual for books from three high-level advisers to come in such rapid succession at this stage in the presidency.
Most of former President George W. Bush's top Cabinet officials waited until after he left office to write about their tenure. Paul O'Neill, Bush's first Treasury secretary, did work with author Ron Suskind on a scathing 2004 book that accused the president of planning the Iraq war months ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. And Scott McClellan, who served as Bush's press secretary, released a similarly harsh book in 2008, catching many officials off guard.
Tony Fratto, a former Bush Treasury and White House official who was involved in the administration's response to both books, said his strategy was to put together a team of staffers, split up sections of the book and start looking for potential problems.
"You just take apart the book. What's the real story on that? What was he talking about here?'' Fratto said, adding that no matter how quickly that effort gets underway, "you definitely feel like you're behind.''


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Big wave surfer Garrett McNamara may have broken the record for surfing the biggest wave ever–a record he already holds. The giant wall of water could have very easily killed him. He talks to Anderson Cooper about his close call.
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brave man!! he dont care about money cars and a big house to live in
he just lives for the perfect wave
Wow! Thats was an amazing experience for the surfer and for not having an adrenaline rush I would not blame him. I have to say that he was a brave man for doing something like that and crazy too. That is what makes a human being amazing, the fact that we would do something this dangerous just enjoy the things we love to do. Hope he breaks his own record again. For the surfer be safe on your journeys and may God be with you and your family during all of this.
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It's no secret to anyone who regularly peruses these pages (here, here, here, and here) that both SYR and I are enamored with Lévana's cooking and teaching styles. Often defying the tried and true, she combines many an ingredient in ways that conventional wisdom might sometimes question but the results are always delicious! She does, time and again, prove that cooking for a crowd need not be a whole day affair, she invariably comes up with shortcuts that save hours of work, nerves and sweat.
This past Monday, after just over a month of being unable to do much, I found my way to Lévana's Dinner and Show, this week. She covered Sephardi Finger Foods; the menu consisted of the following:
Lamb, Pine-Nut and Raisin Grape Leaves
Spicy Chicken Cigars
Mushroom Borekas
Fishballs in Lemon Sauce
Spicy Marinated Olives
Vegetarian Stuffed Zucchini and Eggplant
Nut Truffles
It's hard to choose just two of the recipes, but since this week we've been covering mushrooms we will include this one where she uses them:
Mushroom Borekas
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 pound mushrooms, chopped
¼ cup fresh bread crumbs
Salt and pepper to taste
Good pinch nutmeg
½ teaspoon dry thyme or tarragon
2 pounds puff pastry sheets, kept chilled
1 egg, mixed with a little water
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Heat the oil in a skillet. Add the onion and sauté until translucent. Add the mushrooms and sauté until all liquids evaporate. Add the remaining filling ingredients, and combine thoroughly. Cut the puff pastry to desired size. Place the filling in the center and close on all sides, pressing all around the sides with a fork. Place on a foil-lined cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Bake about 30 minutes, or a little longer, until golden brown and puffy. Serve hot.
Hot and delicious
The Spicy Marinated Olives were superb (and those who know me, know I'm no big fan of olives), with very subtle hints of anise. Unusual, delectable! The Spicy Chicken Cigars were the best I've ever tasted; the Fishballs in Lemon Sauce, superbly delicious, didn't taste fishy at all!
The Vegetarian Stuffed Zucchini and Eggplant looked great and tasted supreme. The excellent Nut Truffles dessert, was just sweet enough without the sweetness drowning out any of the other flavors.
The pièce de résistance, for me, was the Lamb, Pine-Nut and Raisin Grape Leaves dish:
Lamb, Pine nut and Raisin Grape Leaves
1/4 cup olive oil
4 large cloves garlic1 large onion, quartered
1 small bunch flat parsley
¼ cup mint leaves, packed
1 pound ground lamb
1 large tomato, halved, seeded, and diced small
1/2 cup golden or black raisins
1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted (325 degree oven. 10-12 minutes)
Good pinch saffron
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Pepper to taste
1 15 ounce jar grape leaves, separated and rinsed
1 cup pomegranate or cranberry juice
3 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons olive oil
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Heat the oil in a skillet. In a food processor, finely grind the garlic. Add the onion, parsley and and mint, and grind coarsely. Add the ground mixture to the skillet, and saute until translucent. Add the lamb and tomato, and cook 2-3 more minutes. Add all remaining filling ingredients and mix thoroughly. Place a tablespoon stuffing at the bottom center of a leaf (smaller leaves: Make them overlap to get a larger more workable surface). Roll once, fold the sides towards to center, and roll all the way up. Place seam side down in a pan just large enough to fit the leaves snugly in one layer. Repeat with the remaining leaves and stuffing. Whisk the juice, tomato paste and oil in a little bowl, and pour evenly over the leaves. Bake about 40 minutes, until the juices are reduced and the leaves look nicely browned on top. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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Singh is Kinng – Movie Review
Singh is King (directed and written by Anees Bazmee) isn't copied, but it has to be inspired by something, right? This one was apparently inspired by a tag line read by Akshay Kumar at the back of a truck – Singh is King! And voila! A film was born. Considering that we have many such lines at the back of trucks, rickshaws and taxis, you can imagine the fodder Bollywood script writers have to chew on. In fact it got me wondering whether Bazmee, who also directed the hit No Entry, got his idea from this rickshaw…
Script writers are also often helped along by pre-decided venues (not to mention songs). In Singh is Kinng the venues chosen were Egypt and Australia. The film is almost entirely shot in these two countries.
What's it about? (no spoilers)
The film is about a group of friends (mostly Sikhs) from a village in Punjab. Some have made it big (in Australia) while others are at the village doing nothing much with their lives. Akshay Kumar plays a rustic character at this village and his character is "Happy", both in name and spirit. The successful munda is in Australia and is called Lucky (played by Sony Sood) but as we find out he isn't very lucky, although he is King (of the underworld), and nor is he happy. In fact Happy isn't lucky to have around either, although he does become King. If that doesn't make sense, it isn't meant to. There is no attempt at realism in the film and that results in some ludicrous situations which provide the comedy. Some hilarious moments there.
This movie portrays Sikh culture, their bravery and their helpful and kind nature. Although this is showcased in the form of a comedy I don't think it denigrates Sikhs in anyway. The movie was shown to some religious authorities before its release and some scenes re-shot. We don't know which parts were re-shot but perhaps it was the scene where Happy Singh explains why he had to partially shave off his beard. Well, not everything that was demanded was re-shot and some people still have objections to the film. As a non-Sikh, but someone who has known Sikhs since childhood, I think the film is a superficial portrayal of Sikh culture, but well, it wasn't meant to be anything else. It's a comedy after all. But I think for those who don't know Sikhs, it will send a positive message.
In fact there were positive messages throughout the film. Underneath the ridiculousness of the convoluted story, there is a strong message about Good vs. Evil.
The music is alright but unfortunately in the cinema hall we saw it in (PVR) the audio was on too loud. At times we had to put our fingers in our ears…I think cinema theatres in India are going to make a lot of people go deaf.
Characters and actors
There is a plethora of characters in this movie, but ofcourse Akshay Kumar is the hero. He is certainly not one my favourite actors, but he does alright as a comic. It is also difficult to deny his screen presence and charisma. Ditto Katrina Kaif. If she had nothing much to do in this film but play the pretty (though spirited) girl-friend Sonia, it wasn't a surprise. Om Puri, who plays Rangeela, a childhood friend of Happy's, does a good job, but Ranvir Shorey has a much smaller role which as usual he does justice to.
There are two other women in this movie: Julie, played by Neha Dhupia and the Rose Lady by Kirron Kher. It was refreshing to see Julie not portrayed as a moll, but as one of the "gang" members. She is as trigger happy as any of the boys. Kher was resplendent in her overacting.
Is the movie really all that funny?
Well, the situations are ludicrous enough to be funny although the audience didn't really go ballistic with laughter, except once. It was nice to see that there were no sexist jokes in the movie! Perhaps that was why I found this comedy very relaxing. Overall, I found the audience enjoying the movie and people were actually reluctant to get up when the movie ended!
So is it worth a see?
I see a movie from the entertainment point of view, not a critic's point of view, although I am critical if one reads between the lines. And when it comes to entertainment, a lot depends on your own preferences (for genre), and also whether you are able to tolerate the main actors in the movie, or whether you have a tight schedule, whether you are a student and prefer to save the theatre experience for special movies, or whether you like to see movies at all. This certainly isn't one of those special movies that one saves to see in a theater…it's okay for time-pass.
(The picture of the rickshaw is copyrighted to me (taken in Agra) and the second is a movie poster)
Update: A comment from Ashvini has revealed that the story of the movie bears a similarity to a Jackie Chan movie which is called Miracles. If you have seen Singh is Kinng you can easily compare the plots of the two movies (link here) and you will see the similarity.
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August 11, 2008 1:58 am
Hey Nita!
I had to comment on this one.I am a Sikh and let me tell you how it denigrates our beliefs.When a sikh is depicted as clean shaven , its like what the westerners did by painting pictures of hindu gods and godesses on their footwear.Or when Muslims went berserk when a Danish artist portrayed Prophet Mohammed in bad taste. Such is the degree of offence and insult . Its a fact that todays Sikh youth is chopping off hair and trimming beard but then filmmakers etc do not get the license to portray Sikhs like they do, especially when they arent aware of facts.
And the second misconception that we take pride in laughing and cracking jokes at ourselves is again so rude and insulting.Who would want to l;augh at the cost of his or her self respct and dignity.No one.(barring a few fools like Navjot Singh Sidhu and Khushwant Singh.Yes, it was khushwant singh who said that the Sikhs took pride at laughing at themselves.)Sikhism's foundation were laid during such troubled times that it was anything but funny.
Our tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh ji had two things in his mind when he directed the Sikhs to kep their hair intact. First it was a question of identity .Secondly, folklore has it that the Muslim invaders had big beards and it terrified the natives.So the guru directed his men to keep even bigger beard and moustaches .
And finally you mentioned in the article that the film didnt have any sexist jokes.Well that explains it all. In this era of women empowerment when such things are taken as offensive , then so does such portrayals.
August 11, 2008 5:39 am
Hi all
Thnx Tajbinder Paaji. I never knew the thing about the beard despite having couple of Sikh friends.
Anyways, if i consider all the hype n hoopla around the movie, i am dissapointed. But the music is good.
On a honest note, i din think the comedy made me laugh much in the movie. Some very good actors seem to be wasted in the movie. Anways, i think the movie could easily become popular.
vivek mittal permalinkAugust 11, 2008 9:18 am
After a long time i watched a film and it was a good entertainer. Akshay Kumar is now emerging as one of the most influential actors in bollywood….and some even believe he has overtaken SRK
Now i'm looking for his next film "Chandni chowk to china"…
It wasn't a bad entertainer at all. I don't like Akshaye Kumar but I still managed to enjoy this movie, so I can imagine what Akshay fans must feel. – Nita.
August 11, 2008 11:53 am
Writing same comment as I did on Prerna's blog.
"It was just not worth the hype and the advertisements!! Total brainless forced comedy. I'll be writing my review shortly." It just falls short of David Dhawan style comedy and also has traces of Priyadarshan endings.
@Sakhi Do not go with high expectations. As Prerna says leave ur brain at home then only u can bear the movie.
Reema, ah, I think you didn't like the movie. I enjoyed it thoroughly and when I see a comedy I hate it when the movie asks me to fetch my brain from home! 🙂 – Nita.
Vivek Khadpekar permalinkAugust 11, 2008 4:06 pm
If you read Gurmukhi, you must also have noticed "Sat guru teri ote / Dilli taun Pathankote". Seems a promising one for a travel-o-romance, with largely flat landscape, lots of dhabas along the way, and a fair number of trees and shrubs for the heroine Pinky and the hero Raju to cavort around, with a change of costume and locale after every stanza of the song.
Ashvini permalinkAugust 11, 2008 5:21 pm
to the first line..well this movie is definitely a copy. Its a straight lift from Jackie Chan's movie that I saw as a kid. was named 'Miracles' or 'mrclayton and lady rose', which again was inspired from an old hollywood movie-' a packetful of miracles'.
Our hindi movie Singh is Kinng is definitely a scene to scene copy of the Jackie Chan version, including the name 'Rose' .
Oh my god, you are right! I checked it out here, at Wiki and also at IMDB. The plot synopsis is uncannily similar! And the movie was a big hit, no wonder they have taken the story. What a shame. Looks like the tag line on the truck simply inspired the title, not the story. I will be updating the post, thanks. – Nita.
August 12, 2008 3:39 am
My god ! Gimme a break. They copied this one too. It feels like some of our stars have little respect for the audiences.
Yes. u r right. I think Ranveer is a brilliant actor n speaks the lang. of my generation of Indians. He is in a position to pick best for him. No probs, i can xcuse him this time.
Anyways, why is Aki so obsessed with Kat.
August 12, 2008 6:18 am
Thanks a lot for the review, Nita !!
(1) I must admit that I religiously read all your movie reviews just like I listen to Rajeev Masand 🙂 You guys are the only two I want to go by before I watch a movie :-))
(2) Here in the US, it is such a phenomenon! I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw in a theater here showing SOLD OUT against this movie! Apparently, in Canada it has hit Billboards and is topping charts, I heard. Oh, btw we had been to watch The Dark Knight (only now!!) wen we heard all this. And oh, did I tell you I enjoyed DK so much I dreamt of that bike the same night? 😀
August 12, 2008 9:10 am
I am sure our Theaters can actually make us go semi-deaf!
I also don't like Akshay Kumar.
And loved your auto rikshaw picture. Our trucks and autos are most creative 🙂
Ravi permalinkAugust 12, 2008 8:41 pm
Lallopallo…that was one hell of a comment.. 🙂
August 13, 2008 12:50 am
Hey lallopallo!
I think you missed my point and i blame my english for that. Wehn you say, "…..more than symbols, it's the Sikh values of justice, equality and large heartedness which are more important not to be undermined while projecting Sikh characters and culture."I agree with you.But who is going to do that? I mean majority of people of india arent just aware of sikh history which is full of sacrifices, values of justice and large heartedness. There is simply no content about sikh history in the ICSE and CBSE syllabuses. What general perception indians have of the sikhs is that we are basically funny, dumb and agressive and that we pick up a fight at the drop of a hat.(except for our PM,bhagat singh, montek singh ahulwalia and a few others).All of us were even labelled as terrorists till a few years ago.And as if this wasnt enough the filmamkers aggravated the problem by their own depictions. If you want a funny character , then a sikh is the preffered choice.
Regarding the cutting of hair , well if put in plain words , its a rape.Rape of our beliefs,rape of the sacrifices made by our gurus.As simple as that. But i also beleive that every individual is free to make his or her choice.
Regarding the sense of humour. I think it doesnt include laughing at all those jokes which involves insults, ridiculing. It goes like this.In Santabanta jokes their daughter or wives elope with someone or they even commit incest etc etc.These jokes are simply made up to taunt and tease us.
And finally when i said that since our religion was born during troubld times i didnt mean we lost our sense of humour.What i meant was that since our foundation was laid during troubled times we could be anything but fools or dumbos. We bore the brunt of invaders for so many centuries that it infused a sense of responsibility and prudence in us.Of course punjabis (including sikhs, hindus and muslims) are a lively and a cheerful lot with a great sense of humour .The ripples punjabis created in the all the laughter shows is for everyone to see.
And NITA ,
It was so heartening to have a generous response from you. Its a rarity. But when i went to mutiny.in and read posts other than yours , it had the same content like everywhere else. Hatred spewing from all corners. Full of misconceptions and stuff.
August 13, 2008 2:30 am
@ Tajbinder
I am sorry Tajbinder paaji, i don't agree with some of the things mentioned by you.
First of all, it would be very hard for me to say what % of Indians don't know much about sikhs. But having talked to all kinds of diff. ppl., i think sikhs are still much better known to India than many other communities.
Secondly, the NCERT book of CBSE(Xth) has a full chapter on Sikh history n independence heroes. I dono abt. ICSE.
I agree that some movies have had showed sikhs in agressive n unwanted comic roles. But that doesn't mean Indians think, what u said abt. the sikhs.
I hope if u believe wat u mentioned, u may have a strong reason for it.
Let me tell you about one observation, its the the punjabis or
other ppl of north indian origin (directors) that have stereotyped sikhs in their movies. They are the ones who know perhaps much more abt. sikhs. I guess u got my point.
I definetly agree that the jokes thing abt. sikhs has already gone too far. But in India we mostly poke fun of other ppl not coz of religion but because we take ething very casual. Of course, by saying this i am not justifying anything.
August 13, 2008 11:14 pm
When badly bruised and battered Sikh families entered various parts(especially northern india and delhi) of India they tried to take refuge at whatever places they could but instead they faced stiff opposition.Now they asked MK Gandhi why they werent being accomodated. They had gone through so much.(The exodus that resulted afetr partition is the biggest to ever happen in the human history).But insteed of granting relief, he announced that Sikhs were a threat to the security of residents, and that they were criminals. MK Gandhi who engineered the partitiona long with the British was now unwilling to take any responsibilities.
My point is, this whimsical idea of Sikhs being dumb fools, agressive and violent race has bee n spread by M K Gandhi and the Congress leaders and further by our filmmakers.
August 17, 2008 3:39 pm
This film was a waste of time and disappointment !
What was the film industry thinking of making this film?
Katrina and Akshay put together now is so boring..and need to change the concept and not do anymore films together..the general public is sick of seeing them in films together ..not like aishwarya and hrithik where the public are dying to see more of them together ! My
rating for SIK…1/5…and that is being generous as well.
Rajeev permalinkAugust 18, 2008 8:46 pm
Frankly I do not understand what an intellectual comedy is, and I honestly do not like to fetch my brains in a comedy. I found the film very fast-paced with plenty of laughs in the first half in particular – I had no time to dwell over and analyze the story. The second half I can say was slower and dragged in some places compared to the first half, but still quite enjoyable. The film was made with entertainment in mind, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is the kind of movie I would see after a hard day at work.
Nita, I'm quite new at your blog, but found your articles very interesting…really enjoyed reading your reviews! I'm glad you considered the entertainment factor as well. I find that many critics tend to favour "intellectual" movies, and downplay "mindless comedies". I rarely find a comedy movie getting a 4/5 stars, compared to a darker theme or a love story. Most critics ignore entertainment value and focus overly on content, even on comedies whose prime goal is not content but pure unadulterated entertainment. Some recent movies with high critical appeal I felt were very low on entertainment – Johnny Gaddar, for example. But I feel "mindless" comedies are an important part of our cinemas – where else would we go after a hard day at work?
Rajeev, I know what you mean. There are times when one is in a mood for a mindless comedy as one wants to just unwind or relax. Where critics are concerned, I think 1-2 are quite good but mostly they are not. About dark movies, it is a matter of preference. There are many people who see horror movies for entertainment. – Nita.
embarassed permalinkAugust 24, 2008 10:09 am
how n why wud anyone call this movie HIT or even worthy enuff to spend time n money to watch this piece of crapp..
this movie is so embarassin im ashamed of it..
Please write the truth..
Please do not misguide..
i am appalled..
hey embarrassed, you need to have your child inside you fully intact to enjoy this movie, not everyone can enjoy mindless comedy. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and therefore I don't see why I should pretend that I didn't. Luckily I am not at all ashamed of saying that I loved this movie. Nita.
Suraj Singh permalinkSeptember 7, 2008 3:40 pm
It is a copy of Jackie Chan's Ji Ji.
Plot Introduction
Jackie plays Kuo Cheng-Wah, a kindhearted country boy who is quickly cheated out of all his money when he arrives in Hong Kong. Depressed and destitute, he encounters Madame Kao (Ah Lei Gua), a poor woman selling flowers on the street; she urges him to buy a red rose, saying it will bring him luck. He demurs at first, shaking his head sadly, then finally agrees.
His fortunes immediately take a dramatic turn when he stumbles into a gang war, and renders assistance to a dying gang leader. The leader makes Kuo his successor due to a pun, then dies. Kuo, awed, attributes his luck to Madame Kao's rose, and takes to buying one from her every day thereafter.
Kuo starts a nightclub, where he falls in love with a singer (Anita Mui); they vow to do good deeds rather than committing crimes. Before a meeting with a rival boss, Kuo goes to buy his usual rose from Madame Kao, but she is not at her post. He searches for her, and finds her terribly upset over a letter she has just received. The letter is from her daughter, Belle (Gloria Yip), a student in Shanghai whom Madame Kao has been supporting, all the while concealing her sufferings and leading her to believe that she is a rich society woman in Hong Kong. Now, she is coming to visit, bringing her wealthy fiance and his parents, and Madame Kao is afraid that her poverty will bring disgrace on her daughter.
Kuo offers to help, buying Madame Kao expensive new clothes and arranging a lavish party for her, to which he invites some of his disreputable friends on the condition that they impersonate the local dignitaries. Meanwhile, a gang war is in full swing, putting Kuo's life in danger and providing ample opportunity for Jackie Chan's trademark stunts. The climactic stunt sequence consists of a lengthy scene of hand-to-hand combat set in a rope factory.


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L.A. County Sheriffs Office
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Hill County Sheriff's Office
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Dane County Jail/AP Photo
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Scottsdale Police Department
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Santa Monica Police Department
Kenneth Conley, left, and Jose Banks
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HOPD/FBI/AP Photo
Rapper Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas for assault on Oct. 17, 2012.
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Courtesy Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
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Volusia County Sheriff's Office
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Wood County Sheriff/AP Photo
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Broward Sheriff's Office
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Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office
Wild Mugshot
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Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
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Ogunquit Police
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Andrei Bibbs, 54, of Blue Island, Ill., was arrested Jan. 7 by state police and charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. He was booked into Will County Jail, where his bail was set at $2,000. He is next expected to appear in court on Jan. 30, reports the paper.
Will County Sheriff's Office
Colleen Shannon Arrested
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Clinton County Sheriff's Department via Getty Images
Randy Travis Arrested for DWI
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US Marshals Service
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop
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Dane County Sheriff's Office
Randy Travis Arrested for DUI
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Courtesy Grayson County Sheriff's Office
Obiwan Kenobi's Mug Shot?
Jenna Jameson poses for her mug shot after crashing her car into a lamppost in the City of Westminster in Orange County, California at 12.45am, May 25, 2012. The former porn star was booked for drunk driving and later released.
Westminster County Police
Rapper Soulja Boy Arrested
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Yavapai County Sheriff
TV Chef's Photogenic Mugshot
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TMZ/Southampton Town Police
Michael Jordan's Son Arrested
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Santa Barbara Police Department
Michael Jordan's Son Arrested
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Omaha Police Department/AP Photo
Memorable Mugshots: Bizarre to Triumphant
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Orange County Sheriff Office
mug shot
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ABC News
Amanda Bynes
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Los Angeles Sheriff Dept.
Randy Travis Sorry About Arrest
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
'Bachelorette' Star's Pretty Mug
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Denton County Jail
Man Poses With Shocked Face for Mugshot
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Memorable Mugshots
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Aspen Police Department
Slugger Manny Ramirez Arrested
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Carroll County Sheriff's Department
'Austin Powers' Actor Convicted
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Berkshire County District Attorney
'Austin Powers' Actor Convicted of Torture
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Orange County Sheriff
Lorena Tavera
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El Paso Sheriff
Man With Eyebrow Tattoos Arrested
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San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department
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Rodney King Arrested for DUI
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Blackman-Leoni Township Public Safety
Tone Loc Arrested for Domestic Violence
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Wackiest Mugshot Photo Ever?
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Justice Dept.
Andy Dick Arrested Again
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Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Andy Dick Arrested
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Riverside Sherrif
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Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
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Why is my SYSAUX Tablespace so Big? Statistics_level=ALL June 2, 2011Posted by mwidlake in AWR, performance.
Tags: AWR, data dictionary, performance
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One of my most popular postings is about why your SYSTEM tablespace could be rather large. Recently I've had issues with a SYSAUX tablespace being considerably larger than I expected, so I thought I would do a sister posting on the reason.
The client I was working with at the time was about to go live with a new application and database. For various reasons I was a little anxious about how the Java application (the User Interface) would actually call the stored PL/SQL code I had helped develop. Initial workloads would be low and so I asked that the STATISTICS_LEVEL be set to ALL, so that bind variables (amongst other things) would be gathered. This is on version 10.2.0.4, btw, enterprise edition and 4-node RAC.
We went live, issues were encountered and resolved, the usual way these things work. Then, a few weeks in and when everything was still very "exciting" from a problem resolution perspective, I got an odd email from the DBA team. Would they like us to add another datafile to the SYSAUX tablespace. Huh? I checked. I'd been watching the size of our application's tablespaces but not the others {well, I was not supposed to be a DBA and I was watching an awful lot of other things}. Our SYSAUX tablespace was around 160GB in size, having pretty much filled it's 5th datafile. Why? I checked to see what was taking up the space in the tablespace:
select * from (select owner,segment_name||'~'||partition_name segment_name,bytes/(1024*1024) size_m from dba_segments where tablespace_name = 'SYSAUX' ORDER BY BLOCKS desc) where rownum < 40 OWNER SEGMENT_NAME SIZE_M ------------------ -------------------------------------------------- ------------ SYS WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_3911 27,648 SYS WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_3911 26,491 SYS WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_3537 23,798 SYS WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_3537 22,122 SYS WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_4296 17,378 SYS WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_4296 16,818 SYS WRH$_ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY~WRH$_ACTIVE_14459270_3 136 911 SYS WRH$_SQLSTAT~WRH$_SQLSTA_14459270_3911 96 SYS WRH$_SQLSTAT~WRH$_SQLSTA_14459270_3537 72 SYS WRH$_SQLSTAT~WRH$_SQLSTA_14459270_4296 47 SYS WRH$_LATCH_MISSES_SUMMARY_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_ 45 3537 SYS I_WRI$_OPTSTAT_H_OBJ#_ICOL#_ST~ 41 SYS WRH$_SYSMETRIC_SUMMARY~ 40 SYS WRH$_LATCH_MISSES_SUMMARY_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_ 37
As you can see, almost all the space is being taken up by WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN and WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK partitions. They are massive compared to other objects. A quick goggle did not come up with much other than many hits just listing what is in SYSAUX and the odd person also seeing SYSAUX being filled up with these objects and suggested ways to clear down space, nothing about the cause.
I had a chat with the DBAs and we quickly decided that this was going to be something to do with AWR given the name of objects – "WRH$_" objects are the things underlying AWR. The DBA suggested my settings of 15 minute intervals and 35 day retention was too aggressive. I knew this was not the case, I've had more aggressive snapshot intervals and longer retention periods on far busier systems than this. I did not have access to Metalink at that point so I asked the DBAs to raise a ticket, which they duly did.
Oracle support cogitated for a couple of days and came back with the advice to reduce the retention period. Hmmmm. Via the DBA I asked Oracle support to explain why those objects were so large when I had not seen this issue on several other systems. Was it a bug? I had by now corroborated with a friend from a previous site with 5 minute snapshot intervals and two months retention period and their SYSAUX tablespace was about 10GB all in. I did not want to go changing things if we did not know it would fix the issue as we really wanted to stop the growth of SYSAUX as soon as possible, not just try a hunch.
As you probably realise from the title of this blog, the issue was not the snapshot interval or retention period but the STATISTICS_LEVEL=ALL. The one and only hit you get in metalink if you search on WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN is note 874518.1. From V10.1.0.2 to V18.104.22.168 setting this parameter to ALL is known to create a lot of data about Latch children and not clear it down when the AWR data is purged (Bug 8289729). The advice was to change STATISTICS_LEVEL and make the snapshot interval larger. I'd suggest you just need to alter the STATISTICS_LEVEL, unless you really, really need that extra information gathered. It seemed to take Oracle Support an extra day or two to find that note for us. {I've since checked out Metalink directly to confirm all this}.
So with a known issue we felt confident that altering the initialisation parameter would solve the issue. It took a while for us to change the STATISTICS_LEVEL on the production system – Change Control for that site is rather robust. This allowed us to see some other impacts of this issue.
The mmon process which looks after AWR data was becoming a top session in our OEM performance screens. In particular, a statement with SQL id 2prbzh4qfms7u that inserted into the WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN table was taking several seconds to run each time and was running quite often {I include the SQL ID as it may be the same on many oracle V10 systems as it is internal code}:
This was doing a lot of IO, by far the majority of the IO on our system at the time – it was a new system and we had been able to tune out a lot of the physical IO.
We also now started to have issues with mmon running out of undo space when it ran at the same time as our daily load. This was particularly unfortunate as it coincided in a period of "intense management interest" in the daily load…
What was happening to the size of the SYSAUX tablespace?
Enter the tablespace (or leave null)> sys TS_NAME ORD SUM_BLKS SUM_K MAX_CHNK_K NUM_CHNK -------------------- ----- ----------- ------------ ----------- -------- SYSAUX alloc 58,187,904 465,503,232 33,553,408 14 free 10,728 85,824 21,504 20 SYSTEM alloc 128,000 1,024,000 1,024,000 1 free 68,360 546,880 546,752 3 4 rows selected. select * from (select owner,segment_name||'~'||partition_name segment_name,bytes/(1024*1024) size_m from dba_segments where tablespace_name = 'SYSAUX' ORDER BY BLOCKS desc) where rownum < 40 OWNER SEGMENT_NAME SIZE_M -------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- SYS WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_6201 30262 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_5817 29948 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_5435 28597 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_4675 28198 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_3911 27648 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_5817 27144 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_6585 26965 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_6201 26832 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_4675 26741 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_3911 26491 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_4296 26307 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_5435 26248 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_4296 25430 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_6585 25064 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_5058 24611 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_5058 23161 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_6966 9209 WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK~WRH$_LATCH__14459270_6966 8462 WRH$_SYSMETRIC_SUMMARY~ 152 WRH$_ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY~WRH$_ACTIVE_14459270_3911 136 WRH$_SQLSTAT~WRH$_SQLSTA_14459270_3911 96 @sysaux_conts OWNER OBJ_PART_NAME SIZE_M ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- ---------- SYS WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN-WRH 231745.063 SYS WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK-WRH 215573.063 SYS WRH$_SQLSTAT-WRH 711.0625 SYS WRH$_LATCH_MISSES_SUMMARY_PK-WRH 439.0625 SYS WRH$_ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY-WRH 437.0625 SYS WRH$_LATCH_PARENT-WRH 292.0625 SYS WRH$_LATCH-WRH 276.0625 SYS WRH$_LATCH_MISSES_SUMMARY-WRH 273.0625 SYS WRH$_SEG_STAT-WRH 268.0625 SYS WRH$_LATCH_PARENT_PK-WRH 239.0625 SYS WRH$_SYSSTAT_PK-WRH 237.0625
Yes, that is close to half a terabyte of SYSAUX and it is all used, more partitions have appeared and the total size of the largest segments in SYSAUX show how WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN and WRH$_LATCH_CHILDREN_PK make up the vast majority of the space used.
Shortly after, we finally got permission to change the live system. The impact was immediate, mmon dropped from being the most demanding session, that SQL code dropped down the rankings and the issues with running out of undo ceased.
I was anxious to see if the old data got purged, as the Metalink note had suggested the data would not be purged. Thankfully, that was not the case. The space was slowly released as normal purging of data outside the retention period took place and after just over a month, the SYSAUX tablespace contained a lot less information and was mostly free space:
OWNER OBJ_PART_NAME SIZE_M ---------- ---------------------------------------- ---------- SYS WRH$_LATCH_MISSES_SUMMARY_PK-WRH 512.0625 SYS WRH$_LATCH_MISSES_SUMMARY-WRH 350.0625 SYS WRH$_LATCH-WRH 304.0625 SYS WRH$_SQLSTAT-WRH 280.0625 SYS WRH$_LATCH_PK-WRH 259.0625 SYS WRH$_SYSSTAT_PK-WRH 247.0625 SYS WRH$_SERVICE_STAT_PK-WRH 228.0625 SYS WRH$_PARAMETER_PK-WRH 201.0625 SYS WRH$_PARAMETER-WRH 169.0625 SYS WRH$_SYSSTAT-WRH 169.0625 SYS WRH$_SEG_STAT-WRH 161.0625 SYS WRH$_SYSTEM_EVENT_PK-WRH 156.0625 SYS WRH$_SYSMETRIC_SUMMARY- 152 SYS WRH$_SYSTEM_EVENT-WRH 133.0625 SYS WRH$_SERVICE_STAT-WRH 123.0625 SYS WRH$_ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY-WRH 115.0625 TS_NAME ORD SUM_BLKS SUM_K MAX_CHNK_K NUM_CHNK -------------------- ----- ----------- ------------ ----------- -------- SYSAUX alloc 58,251,904 466,015,232 33,553,408 15 free 57,479,400 459,835,200 4,063,232 1,208 SYSTEM alloc 128,000 1,024,000 1,024,000 1 free 68,048 544,384 544,320 2
Now, how do we get that space back? I left that with the DBA team to resolve.
Oh, one last thing. I mentioned the above to a couple of the Oaktable lot in the pub a few weeks back. Their instant response was to say "You set STATISTICS_LEVEL to ALL on a live system?!? You are mad!"
{Update, I've just spotted this posting by Colbran which is related. Last time I googled this I just got a stub with no information}


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DAKAR, Senegal – The war in Syria isn't the easiest topic to break down in a brief newscast. But that's exactly what Senegalese rapper Makhtar "Xuman" Fall does – and throws it down in rhyme no less.
"All eyes are turned to the powder keg of the world;
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Dialogue, discussions and negotiations;
To legitimize a war you need a coalition."
Fall raps these lines in French from behind a newscaster's desk, sporting reading glasses and a blazer with his long dreadlocks tied back behind his head.
Next he turns to a "guest commentator," Senegalese rap icon Didier Awadi who adds a few words of his own: "The bastards are getting organized and they want blood … One more time they want to make us swallow their lies. And even without the proof, they'll bring out the heavy artillery."
In the span of a program just five minutes long, Fall and his co-host Cheikh "Keyti" Sene tackle everything from the Middle East to local woes like the flooding that disproportionately hits poor suburbs of Senegal's capital. They even interview people on the street – all of whom can conveniently rap as well.
The program "Journal Rappe" is now aired twice a week on a Senegalese television network after it went viral on YouTube earlier this year. In an effort to reach even more fans, Fall raps his portion in French while Sene's contributions are in the other national language, Wolof. It's not an identical translation but the two try to offer up rhymes along the same lines.
Over the last several years, many rap artists in Senegal were active in anti-government protests that helped lead to the ouster of longtime President Abdoulaye Wade. Their timely and politically tinged lyrics, though, haven't easily translated into real-time sales.
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Night clubs and neighborhood hangouts radiate rap music in this West African country although most of what is played comes from the United States or France. Hip-hop is wildly popular, and artists here are seen in many ways as modern-day griots, traditional West Africa musical storytellers who pass on history through their songs.
It's a laborious process: The co-hosts spend an entire week crafting and filming their tracks for a single five-minute show. Each week they record their performances together in advance and then gather at a second-floor apartment to tape them as they voice the lyrics. As buses and horse-drawn carts clack by on the pavement below, they take turns sitting in front of a green sheet.
Two electric fans whirl as more than a dozen men crowd into the room to watch the process. Glasses of Senegalese tea are passed around and cups are shared as one guest stumbles over cramming French President Francois Hollande's name into his tight lyrics.
Sene is a linguist at heart, having studied translation at university. He speaks French, Wolof and English, and insists there is no topic they can't break down in verse. In Senegal, though, he admits it's hard to talk about homosexuality or marabouts, the country's highly influential Islamic spiritual leaders.
"They love that this is a place where we give more than information. With journalists they may tell the other side but they stay neutral. We don't," he said as he drafted his thoughts inside a Dakar recording studio alongside Fall.
The "Journal Rappe" program shows just how innovative hip-hop artists remain in Senegal, says Murray Forman, an associate professor of media and screen studies at Northeastern University.
"They're taking it to some different place, a place we don't commonly see hip-hop which I think is fun and exciting," he said after watching their programs online. "What I also like about this – they're pushing and challenging the flexibility of established media forms like a newscast."
The concept already has been an artistic hit with real commercial potential, says Senegalese hip-hop icon Duggy Tee. On a recent show, he joined "Journal Rappe" sporting a diamond earring, white blazer, and black and white tie with his image emblazoned on it as he waxed poetic in Wolof.
"Rap is the street and the street is reality," he says. "That's why the concept has been such a success."
Journal Rappe on the Internet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzNcvP1jG3c
Follow Krista Larson on Twitter at https://twitter.com/klarsonafrica.
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Our Niro Touring came with an entry of $29,650 which really ups the creature comfort quotient. The entry Niro FE starts at just $22,890, followed by the LX at $23,200 and EX at $25,700. Remember that regardless of choice, you receive the exact same drivetrain in every model.
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Corporate Kia wants Niro to be accepted as a crossover, as they call it a "new crossover" vehicle. However, until they offer a 4x4 or AWD system, Niro to me is a very nice front drive hybrid wagon that I doubt will deliver the needed traction in a major snowstorm ala all front-drive only vehicles. Still, Kia Niro offers much for the money and could well be an excellent buy.
Our Touring had just one option, a recommended $1,900 advanced technology package that adds smart cruise control, automatic emergency braking, forward collision warning, lane-departure warning, wireless phone charger and a 115-volt inverter. I highly recommend this option as it is well worth the money from an enhanced safety aspect. Touring models come with countless amenities, from power sunroof to heated steering wheel and seats. Your Kia dealer will explain everything when you visit.
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A very composed highway cruiser in Eco mode, we gave Niro a pretty good country road run in Sport mode during the Thanksgiving holiday. The 18-inch Michelin tires grab well in tight turns and offer a secure, traction hungry feel. With a full fuel tank, Niro has a 511-mile cruising range.
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Amongst the bevy of driver and passenger enhancements, Niro Touring's exterior looks and inviting leather cabin are most noteworthy. With easy to drive fundamentals in the city to impressive handling on country roads, Kia's new hybrid is an attractive choice. Your Kia dealer is waiting to explain Kia's heralded 10-year, 100,000-mile limited powertrain/battery warranty and any current year-end incentives.
Likes: Looks, safety, hybrid powertrain, six-speed automatic.
Dislikes: High tech safety unavailable on entry FE, no AWD model.
— Greg Zyla writes weekly for More Content Now and other Gatehouse Media publications.


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